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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he submitted 15 requests for Community Project Funding to the House Committee on Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in light of the recent shootings in Louisville, Kentucky and Washington, D.C., where a combined total of six people were killed and 11 people were injured.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced three new lease agreements for the development of 264 additional permanent supportive housing units for homeless veterans at the West LA VA campus.
Rachel Barnes
VENICE, CA — The Venice Family Clinic received more than $3 million in federal funding this week that will help provide child development programs and family support services, according to Congressman Ted Lieu.
Mia Fienberg, a junior at Beverly Hills High School, won first place at the ninth annual Congressional Art Competition at the Otis College of Art and Design, hosted by U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles). Students from 16 high schools submitted 206 pieces of art for this year's competition.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement announcing that Venice Family Clinic, a leading community health center in Los Angeles, will receive a $3,748,135 grant through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Early Head Start Program.
Grace Adams
The City is one step closer to making the proposed Santa Monica Behavioral Health Center a reality after the recent approval of a federal spending package which includes $1.5 million earmarked for the project.
Michael Hixon
The Friendship Foundation has received a financial boost — courtesy of Rep. Ted Lieu.
Lieu presented the 16-year-old organization — which promotes friendship between youth who are neurodivergent and their peers who volunteer their time, among other initiatives — with a $1 million check on Thursday, Feb. 16, at Mira Costa High School.
U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) presented a ceremonial $1 million check to the Friendship Foundation after securing government funding that will help the foundation expand its programs within schools across California's 36th Congressional District.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after two separate shootings in Pico-Robertson where Jewish men were shot after leaving synagogues.